Kebailer



H. A. W. SlVil'H.

RERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, IQIB.

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HENRY A. SlIlI-I,V 0F CHATI-IAM, VIRGINIA, ASSIG-NOR 0F ONE-HALF TO EDWIN s.

REID, OF CHATHAM, VIRGINIA.

RERAILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

Application led November 29, 1918. VSerial No. 264,647. Y

To all fr0/rom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY A. W. SMITH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chatham., in the county of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Rerailer, of which the following is a specification. Y The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used for replacing the wheels of a derailed car upon the tracks, and one object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the rerailing blocks may be held securely to the rails and have a firm bearing thereon, it being possible to attach the blocks to the rails at any points along the rails. It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains. Within the scope of what is claimed, changes may be wrought by a mechanic, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings -Figure 1 is a top plan; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the inner side of one block.

VIn carrying out the invention there is provided a block l having a longitudinally conveXed upper surface 2 and including a transversely slanting surface 3, the block being cut away upon its inner edge at its ends, as shown at 4, and being cut away upon its inner edge intermediate its ends as indicated at 5, to form a pair of laterally eX- tended lugs 6 adapted to abut against the web 7 of a rail, there being a recess 8 in the inner edge'of the block, between the lugs 6, for the reception of the flange 9 of the rail. Forv the sake of lightness, the block 1 may have an internal cavity 10. Inthe outer edge of the block 1 there is a plurality of seats 11 extended long gitudinallyyV of the block, the seats beingdisposed as closely together as desired.

.The invention includes a pair of like rail clamps,.each comprising a base l2 having an overhanging hook 14 at one end, and provided at its other end with an upstanding arm 15 havinga boss 16 into which a screw 17 is threaded.A The base 12 of the rail clamp extends beneath the block 1 and beneath the flange 9 of the rail, the hook 1liv engaging oneedge of the rail base. The inner-'end of the screw 17 is engaged in any one of the seats 11 and thus the lugs 6 are pressed at their ends against the web 7 of the rail, the lugs being supported on the base flange 9 of the rail, to aid in supporting the block 1 and to prevent the block from tilting.

Since the invention includes the rail clamps above mentioned, the block may be mounted on the rail at any desired place longitudinally of the rail. Further, there is a distinct advantage in having the screws 17 engage at their inner ends with the block 1, instead of with the rail. First, owing to the construction above mentioned, the screw 17 may be made relatively short and it will, therefore, possess the necessary strength. Again, it is unnecessary to mount on the inner end of the screw, a shoe or spacer of the kind used when the screw coperates at its inner end Ywith the rail, instead of with the block. Especial attention is directed to this feature, in comparing'the structures claimed with the prior art.

The invention includes a block 1*l having many of the features of the block 1 and including parts having the functions of corresponding parts -in the block 1. Those parts of the block l? which are represented by similar parts in the block l are designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix a The block 1 has transversely slanting portions 18 on its upper surface at its ends, and, between the lugs 6 there is a relatively long straight surface 19 adapted to bear against the edge of the ball of the rail. The block l has a central upstanding part 20, of triangular form and has an in termediate lug 21 coacting with the ball of the rail, the transversely slanting surface 3a being located on this lug, the surface 3i merging into the inner edge surfaces 22 of the part 20, which slant transversely.

The general operation of a device of the kind described is well understood by those skilled in the art, and a glance at Fig. l will render the operation evident, andthe functions of the wheel-engaging parts of the blocks clear.

A device of the class described comprising a block having a longitudinally conveXed upper surface and including a transversely slanting surface, the block being provided on its outer side with longitudinally spaced seats, and having, upon its inner' side, laterally projecting rail-engaging lugs spaced In testimony that I claim the foregoing apart; a clamp extended beneath the block as iny own, I have hereto affixed my sgnal0 and provded at1 one eknd with a aill-engagture in the presence of two Witnesses.

in hook t e c am ein(r su iec at its opgiaosite 7end, Withpan arn; rlld ascreW- HENRY A' W' SMITH' threaded into the arm and adapted to be VVtneSses:

engaged, directly, at its innel1 end, in any S. S. Hon'l,

of the seats. S. J. KENDRICK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

